About The Word Puerile
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Puerile
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What's The Definition Of Puerile?
[adj] displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
[adj] of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Puerile: adolescent | immature | jejune | juvenile Related Terms | Find terms related to Puerile: See Also | Puerile In Webster's Dictionary \Pu"er*ile\, a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy:
cf. F. pu['e]ril.]
Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
The French have been notorious through generations for
their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and
historic precedents. --De Quincey.
Syn: Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak.
See {Youthful}.
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